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As of today, all of the Order factions are now broken up differently in the Age of Sigmar app. It corresponds with the forthcoming "Grand Alliance: Order" book.

Here's what we have going on:
Dark Elves
Scourge Privateers
Black Ark Corsairs
Kharibdyss
Scourgerunner Chariots
Black Ark Fleetmaster

Shadowblades
Assassins
Dark Riders

Daughters of Khaine
Doomfire Warlocks
Witch Aelves
Cauldron of Blood
Bloodwrack Medusae
BloodwrackShrine
Sisters of Slaughter
Death Hag

Darkling Covens
Dreadspears
Executioners
Bleakswords
Sorceress
Sorceress on Black Dragon
Black Guard
Darkshards

Order Serpentis
Drakespawn Knights[Cold One Knights]
War Hydra
Dreadlord on Black Dragon
Drakespawn Chariots


High Elves
Swifthawk Agents
Shadow Warriors
Chariots
Skywarden[Sea Helm on Skycutter]
Skycutter

Lion Rangers
White Lions
White Lion Chariots

Eldritch Council
Archmage(foot and horse mounted varieties)
Loremaster
Swordmasters
Drakeseer
Archmage on Dragon

Order Draconis
Dragon Blades[Dragon Princes of Caledor]
Dragonlord[Lord on Dragon]
Dragon Noble[Old Prince/Lords on foot or horseback]

Phoenix Temple
Anointed
Phoenix Guard
Frostheart Phoenix
Flamespyre Phoenix

Wood Elves
Wanderers
Nomad Prince[Araloth renamed]
Waystrider[Glade Lord/Captain with Great Blade]
Sisters of the Thorn
Spellweaver
Glade Guard
Wayfinder[Glade Lord with bow/eagle]
Wild Riders
Waywatcher
Sisters of the Watch(Sisters of Avelorn!)
Eternal Guard
Wildwood Rangers

Empire
Collegiate Arcane
Celestial Hurricanum
Battle Mage
Luminark of Hysh
Battlemage on Griffon

Devoted of Sigmar
Warrior Priest
War Altar of Sigmar
Flagellants
Witch Hunter

Free Peoples
Freeguild Crossbowmen
Freeguild General(foot or horseback)
Freeguild Guard(Spearmen, Halberdiers, Swordsmen)
Freeguild Handgunners
Freeguild Pistoliers
Freeguild Greatswords
Freeguild Archers
Freeguild Outriders
Freeguild General on Griffon
Demigryph Knights

Dwarfs
Dispossessed
Thunderers
Quarrellers
Ironbreakers
Unforged(Dragon-Slayer)
Warden King(Thane/Lord)
Longbeards
Irondrakes
Warriors
Runelord
Hammerers


Dwarfs and Empire Artillery
Ironweld Arsonal
Gyrocopters
Gyrobombers
Cogsmith(Dwarf Engineer)
Gunmaster(Empire Engineer)
Helstorm Rocket Battery
Helblaster Volley Gun
Dwarf Cannon
Dwarf Organ Gun
Steam Tank

So, that's what happened to the races from the Old World. Where do they go next? Who knows!

Absolutly love this!

Only problem I have now is which one of these sweet subfactions to start collecting

Am I the only one who gets LOTS of inspiration for new armies thanks to this new mini-faction concept?

"I'll just get a little of this... Oh and a little of that... Oooo a small contingent of those guys would look great alongside these other ones... So many models so little time..."

Remember, we don't know the Warscroll Battalions yet BUT someone implied there would be "multi-faction" Warscroll Battalions.

Also this Grand Alliance includes:
Stormcast Eternals
Stormcast Extremis
Sylvaneth
Seraphon
Fyreslayers

 Mymearan wrote:
Am I the only one who gets LOTS of inspiration for new armies thanks to this new mini-faction concept?

"I'll just get a little of this... Oh and a little of that... Oooo a small contingent of those guys would look great alongside these other ones... So many models so little time..."

honestly, no. already did this kind of thing. with the no force org requirement this is somewhat redundant.

Well, it's an inside look of GW's ideas regarding the way things have shaken down since the world was blown up and recreated as a magic space realm.

If you want to follow the official orders of battle, this gives you a clear pattern.

I'd like some insight into the relationships between these factions, what they do, where they do it and what they believe. Until then, it's just so many Proper Nouns.

 Mymearan wrote:
Am I the only one who gets LOTS of inspiration for new armies thanks to this new mini-faction concept?

"I'll just get a little of this... Oh and a little of that... Oooo a small contingent of those guys would look great alongside these other ones... So many models so little time..."

I agree. It's made me want mini-factions of former armies I never had interest in. I think I feel less overwhelmed by an entire army's model range this way, and I like just a handful of units plus a couple of heroes to choose from for a cohesive force.

 Mymearan wrote:
Am I the only one who gets LOTS of inspiration for new armies thanks to this new mini-faction concept?

"I'll just get a little of this... Oh and a little of that... Oooo a small contingent of those guys would look great alongside these other ones... So many models so little time..."

Nope When I get home and unpack these dwa....duardin I'm gonna have me a fun time. If duardin 2, the Steamheaden-ing is as good as I hope it will the possibilties are endless!

One thing I'm surprised about is the irondrakes/gyrocopters etc. are part of these factions and aren't forming the "steamhead" faction. Now I'm quite curious about that release.

This is really cool!

Best part is that now we can hear about them in the novels and we might see some Order start collecting boxes.

The Free Guild sounds like it might be a mercenary army that works alongside the Duardin. Technology and manpower kicking daemon backside throughout the eight realms? Yes please!

It's actually a bit funny, Dogs of war were the first human army GW dropped and now it seems they're the ones that remain.

coldgaming wrote:
One thing I'm surprised about is the irondrakes/gyrocopters etc. are part of these factions and aren't forming the "steamhead" faction. Now I'm quite curious about that release.

maybe they will? That Steamhead can't come soon enough.
...well, I'm still painting my Fyreslayers, so, maybe it can wait until summer event/tournament season is underway

 thekingofkings wrote:

 Mymearan wrote:
Am I the only one who gets LOTS of inspiration for new armies thanks to this new mini-faction concept?

"I'll just get a little of this... Oh and a little of that... Oooo a small contingent of those guys would look great alongside these other ones... So many models so little time..."

honestly, no. already did this kind of thing. with the no force org requirement this is somewhat redundant.

Well for myself, I don't really care about formal game structure, it's the model collecting and fluff theming that has me salivating

coldgaming wrote:
One thing I'm surprised about is the irondrakes/gyrocopters etc. are part of these factions and aren't forming the "steamhead" faction. Now I'm quite curious about that release.

Maybe it will be entirely new models, like the FyreSlayers.

Firstly I must say I love the name "Freeguild" and will be adopting this straight away for my Empire "Desperados". I did actually coin the term "Steam Guild" for my Duardin... Not sure what to do with that :-p

Yes, the lack of a "Steamhead" faction confused me a bit. I do wonder how set in stone the faction names in the Primer were, however. Fyreslayers were referred to as "Red Slayers" - was it a renaming of the faction later? Perhaps there won't be a "Steamhead" faction afterall.

I need to decide if I field my Empire Cannon using the legacy warscroll or the Duardin Cannon profile from the new book.

Lastly, a pure Ironweld Arsenal faction army would surely be such cheese haha

I think a Steamhead faction is still coming as these are dispossessed Duardin.

They're probably like the dwarfs who went from the holds to the imperial college because their ideas were rejected.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Remember, we don't know the Warscroll Battalions yet BUT someone implied there would be "multi-faction" Warscroll Battalions.

Really? GIMME!

I can't wait for the book to be released, so glad I pre-ordered the sucker.

Wait, it's on pre-order now!? I gotta get it!!

 Kilkrazy wrote:

coldgaming wrote:
One thing I'm surprised about is the irondrakes/gyrocopters etc. are part of these factions and aren't forming the "steamhead" faction. Now I'm quite curious about that release.

Maybe it will be entirely new models, like the FyreSlayers.

It's supposed to be an entirely new faction, from what was hinted at.

Well... that's...

I think I'm still stuck on the part where Dark Elves are a faction of 'Order'.

To be fair, they only pay Sigmar lip service. Their true loyalty is to Malekith (forgot the new name).

So who can say what they might pull in the future.

Kind of sad to see the seaguard go but I guess there's really no coast to guard anymore.
I'm kind of surprised that every version of the repeater bolt thrower is gone. That one is kind of surprising to me.

Yeah, high elves got alot of cuts made. Makes me wonder if they're going to see alot of new stuff in the future to fill the void.

I'm really interested to see what happens. I'm likely to use this opportunity to expand my army, which was a small 8th ed High Elves army, into a more diverse force. In particular, I have quite a lot of infantry and shooting - time to add some rend 2 attacks, some artillery, and enough cavalry to make the world shake.

Baron Klatz wrote:
Yeah, high elves got alot of cuts made. Makes me wonder if they're going to see alot of new stuff in the future to fill the void.

My guess is that gradually, new, more expensive kits will be produced, however, given the slow rate of releases for Sigmarines and FyreSlayers, I think it will take a very long time. In the short term, the idea of culling the ranges is simply to reduce the number of SKUs (Stock Keeping Units.) In other words, to save money by simplifying the whole line-up.

Baron Klatz wrote:
To be fair, they only pay Sigmar lip service. Their true loyalty is to Malekith (forgot the new name).

Malerion.

So who can say what they might pull in the future.

Honestly, we have no knowledge of who/what Dark Elves are doing. We know that there are a faction of them dwelling in the Realm of Shadow under Malerion and that they're called the "Shadowkin" there. We also know that they commonly hire the Caengan lodge of Fyreslayers. We know that the Shadowkin are governed by Malerion's "Darkling Lords".

We also know that the Grand Alliance: Order book is supposed to be not the populaces of the various Realms, but rather the refugees who fled those Realms and took up residence in Azyrheim.


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Baron Klatz wrote:
Yeah, high elves got alot of cuts made. Makes me wonder if they're going to see alot of new stuff in the future to fill the void.

I think we're likely to see new stuff--if and when we reach those particular Realms.

I notice the silly rules continue to go. The long beards still have their grumbles, but the player doesn't have to do them.

What's OCD-ish bugging me though is it looks like all the dwarfs and elves are on 25mm rounds.

coldgaming wrote:
I notice the silly rules continue to go. The long beards still have their grumbles, but the player doesn't have to do them.

What's OCD-ish bugging me though is it looks like all the dwarfs and elves are on 25mm rounds.

Why is it bugging you? 25mm rounds has been the go to for models that were on 20mm squares.

 Bottle wrote:

coldgaming wrote:
I notice the silly rules continue to go. The long beards still have their grumbles, but the player doesn't have to do them.

What's OCD-ish bugging me though is it looks like all the dwarfs and elves are on 25mm rounds.

Why is it bugging you? 25mm rounds has been the go to for models that were on 20mm squares.

I think it varies with the model. I kinda like the WMH 'bell jar' volume idea, and it seems to have wedged itself in my brain.
When I was assembling my SE, I tried them on 32mm - they fitted, but just looked wrong. The 25/32 sizing depends on the mini. Taller/wider ones look better on the 32 over the 25, whereas night goblins etc. look better on 25's.
Entirely subjective and personal preference, but I can see why Dwarfs or Elves on 25's would make someone's brain itch...

 Bottle wrote:

coldgaming wrote:
I notice the silly rules continue to go. The long beards still have their grumbles, but the player doesn't have to do them.

What's OCD-ish bugging me though is it looks like all the dwarfs and elves are on 25mm rounds.

Why is it bugging you? 25mm rounds has been the go to for models that were on 20mm squares.

You're right, I think it's the Fyreslayers being 32s while other dwarves aren't.